I believe I'm feeling a bit peeved

I decided to catch the end of that thread at Brad DeLong's where everyone disagreed with him (not gonna relink, it's three posts down). Well, some folks showed up to argue the other side. Among them was Abiola Laponte, a Conservative Black man. He was here briefly, taking exception to my posts about Haiti.

Abiola went for the mathematical explanation as I did, with a little condescension added, but hey that's the Internet…one tends to get as good as they give, you know? And I personally would have explained why the mathematical view holds little sway with your typical mortal that has to pay rent.

But some asshole had to go call him "nigger."

Glenn once had a epiphany (sorry, dawg, I ain't looking up the specific post) wherein he realized that the word "nigger," translated from Redneck to English, means "Get back in your place."

The place of an intelligent Black man people speaking his their mind is WHEREVER THE FUCK THEY WANT IT TO BE.

I don't care if he was arguing a view similar to mine. If it were on the block, I'd hold him while Abiola smacked him. Then we'd go have coffee or a beer.

And I'd explain to him where he's wrong.

Posted by Prometheus 6 on March 28, 2004 - 11:46pm :: Race and Identity
 
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The place of an intelligent Black man speaking his mind is WHEREVER THE FUCK HE WANTS IT TO BE.

Amen, brother.

Posted by  Al-Muhajabah (not verified) on March 29, 2004 - 12:18am.

Eh, you went and changed it to a more inclusive version just as I was quoting you. I thought about making a comment about the place of intelligent women speaking their minds but decided to leave it for another time ;-)

Posted by  Al-Muhajabah (not verified) on March 29, 2004 - 12:22am.

The change was preemptive self defense. When annoyed I do slip back into testosorone mode like most men, but at least I give correctness some thought.

Posted by  P6 (not verified) on March 29, 2004 - 8:43am.

Hey, P6, I just wanted to say thanks for the words of support. Yes, I was a bit cutting in my remarks, but making a joke about "beanie babies" is hardly grounds for bringing out the "n-word"; in fact, I don't think there are any grounds for speaking to others in such a fashion.

If I'd been called a "moron" or a "d***head" I could have lived with that, which isn't to say I'd have liked it, but hey ...

Posted by  Abiola Lapite (not verified) on March 29, 2004 - 5:54pm.

No problem, Abiola. To me, there are things that aren't on the conservative-progressive axis. That's one of them.

Posted by  P6 (not verified) on March 29, 2004 - 10:43pm.